Blue parking spaces are paid between 09:00-14:00 and 16:00-20:00, Monday to Saturday. At some crossroads, the pay time starts at 08:00. Anyone can use a blue space, but they aren't that easy to find. You pay at the meter and put the ticket on the dashboard. Green parking spaces are for residents only. White parking spaces are free at all times, but there aren't any in the city centre.

Travel cards are excellent value in comparison with a single ticket. Be sure to look after them well as bent or damaged cards will not be read by the ticket machines. Such cards can be replaced at one of TMB's customer service centres.

The
Metro
(subway) is an efficient way of getting around town. Operation times are 05:00–24:00 (M–Th), 05:00–02:00 (F), and continuous service from Saturday at 05:00 until Sunday at midnight. Stations are marked <M> on most maps; every station has a detailed map of exits to the city. Trains are fast, often coming in two minute intervals. However, on holidays and weekends trains only run every 6-8 minutes and can get easily packed. Announcements are made only in Catalan, though signs and ticketing machines are generally trilingual in Catalan, Spanish and English.

Using the is the most affordable way to travel within Barcelona

Pay attention to the fact that to get from metro lines operated by TMB (1,2,3,4,5, 9/10 and 11) to the ones operated by FGC (6,7 and 8), or vice versa, you need to exit and then enter through a new pay-gate. In this case, if you had a one-journey ticket, you need to get a new one. If you used a multiple journey ticket you won't be charged for a second time when changing lines as long as you are within the stated travel time for a single journey. Also, you can't repeat operator, so you can't use a FGC ride to make a shortcut. For instance: changing to L9S to L1 via L8 using Fira and Espanya will charge you with two journeys, you should go via Torrassa instead although its way longer. All trains are air-conditioned.

The modern skyline of Rotterdam can be truly appreciated from the Euromast

In the Netherlands churches are generally closed to visitors on Sundays.

Erasmus bridge of Rotterdam

Schielandshuis today stands surrounding by modern glass and steel buildings

The old barges moored at the Delfshaven

and at dusk

Rotterdam has only seven windmills left. Of these, only
De Ster
and
De Lelie
are open to visitors on a regular basis. Other windmills are open to visitors when the mill is turning (easy enough to see), but there are some exceptions to this rule of thumb. A blue flag also indicates that the mill is open to visitors.

Upcoming events and performances are listed on the VVV and Use-it websites. The larger events are well documented on the VVV site, for smaller venues check Use-it (under Calendar) for a very attractive and well updated listing of music, expositions, movies and parties that need checking out.

Twice a month the
nl10
magazine is distributed around the city. You can take your free copy at a lot of locations (like bars, supermarkets, municipal offices). Besides some articles about interesting things going on in town it also has a large listing of upcoming gigs (in Dutch). Their website can also be handy.

concert hall in Schouwbourgplein

In July, you can enjoy the festival

Rotterdam plays host to a lot of events, a lot of them yearly ones. Besides these there are a lot smaller ones that can be very nice, so ask around and check the VVV website. A few of these yearly events to name:

There are two huge megacinemas in Rotterdam. The one in the city centre is called
Pathé Schouwburgplein
(at the Schouwburgplein), the other one is on the southside of the city. It's called
Pathé De Kuip
(next to the Feyenoord stadium De Kuip). In these cinemas you can see Hollywood movies and occasionally an arthouse movie.

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About EURO 2018

EURO 2018 is the largest European conference for Operational Research and Management Science with more than 40 years of history since the first edition in 1975 in Brussels. It is organized by EURO – the European Association of Operational Research Society, SEIO – the Spanish Statistics and Operations Research Society, UV – Universitat de València, UPV – Universitat Politècnica de València and ADEIT – Fundació Universitat Empresa.